Abstract:

In Tanzania, smallholder the adoption of agricultural and livestock recommended
practices and technologies is remains constrained. At the hub of the problems is the
limited level of knowledge and skills, which is compounded by lack of money among
small holder farmers to buy the improved technologies. This study's findings go
further to emphasize that the agricultural inputs should be available when they are
need and at prices that small holder farmers can afford. This requires that there are
supportive policies towards smallholder farmers, such as the government
subsidizing the price of some agricultural inputs. This study stresses that
agricultural extension agents should use available conventional extension methods
and approaches in order to teach small holders farmers to raise the productivity of
the inputs they use, and subsequently increase their income from crop sales.